diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox-minimal.config b/package/busybox/busybox-minimal.config
index 9733dd2156..1e4b404479 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox-minimal.config
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox-minimal.config
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_MAX_LEN=1024
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_VI=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_HISTORY=999
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVEHISTORY=y
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVE_ON_EXIT is not set
+CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVE_ON_EXIT=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_REVERSE_SEARCH=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_TAB_COMPLETION=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_USERNAME_COMPLETION is not set
diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.config b/package/busybox/busybox.config
index 69d896bebd..823fcd2b46 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.config
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.config
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_MAX_LEN=1024
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_VI=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_HISTORY=999
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVEHISTORY=y
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVE_ON_EXIT is not set
+CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVE_ON_EXIT=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_REVERSE_SEARCH=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_TAB_COMPLETION=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_USERNAME_COMPLETION is not set